Music as Medicine - How We Can Harness Its Therapeutic Power

The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller<BR>A Financial Times, Telegraph and Waterstones Book of the Year<BR>Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize<BR><BR>What if music holds the key to healing our minds and bodies? Music as Medicine is the revelatory new book from the million-copy bestselling author of The Organized Mind.<BR><BR>'Fascinating' OBSERVER<BR>'Essential' WALL STREET JOURNAL<BR>'Intriguing' GUARDIAN<BR><BR>_<BR><BR>Can listening to music boost our cognitive function?<BR>Do pop songs hold the key to treating Parkinson's and Alzheimer's?<BR>And why might Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' help cure PTSD?<BR><BR>We are only just beginning to appreciate the healing power of music. Here, a neuroscientist and celebrated musician offers a confounding tour through the emerging science of music as medicine - revealing how it can calm our thoughts, repair our memories and heal our deepest psychological wounds.<BR><BR>_<BR><BR>'Levitin presents a strong, evidence-based case for how music heals, alleviating pain, reducing anxiety and even aiding recovery from strokes or Parkinson's. It's a compelling blend of anecdote and rigorous science, revealing in detail how music harnesses the brain.' Books of the Year, FINANCIAL TIMES<BR><BR>'For many years I have wondered why a bunch of frequencies organised into a piece of music has the ability, even without words, to make the listener cry and become emotional. Although I know this happens to me and many people, I have often wondered how this can be. Dr Levitin, in this latest book, Music as Medicine, has some fascinating insights into this great phenomenon.' PAUL MCCARTNEY